SACRAMENTO, California (Ticker) -- The Sacramento Kings quickly
forgot about a bad road loss as they remained unbeaten at home
and stopped the Los Angeles Lakers' season-high seven-game
winning streak with a 103-91 triumph.

Chris Webber had 20 points and 12 rebounds and Jason Williams
added 19 points and five assists as Sacramento improved to 8-0
at Arco Arena, joining the San Antonio Spurs as the only
undefeated home teams in the NBA.

"People don't give us credit," said Williams, who made 6-of-11
shots from the field and 6-of-8 from the free throw line.
"Everyone is always talking about the elite teams and you never
hear our names, but we can just take it one game at a time, get
as many wins as we can. Everyone is a big win and we'll try to
stay undefeated at home. We have great fans and we want to win
for them."

Predrag Stojakovic scored 19 points came off the bench on 7-of-9
shooting for the Kings. Sacramento's reserves outscored the
Lakers' bench, 36-16. The Kings were coming off a 2-3 road trip
that concluded with a disappointing 109-95 loss to New Jersey on
Monday.

Lawrence Funderburke scored 10 points off the bench, making
4-of-5 shots, for Sacramento and Vlade Divac had nine points and
nine boards. The Kings moved within one game of the Lakers and
Portland Trail Blazers for the lead in the Pacific Division and
best record in the Western Conference.

"It's just a great win," said Sacramento coach Rick Adelman. "I
was just really proud of the way they approached the game. It's
great to be able to beat a team that is in first place in our
division. Coming in here after our trip and everything, I've
got to compliment our guys with the concentration that they
showed tonight."

Shaquille O'Neal had 27 points and nine rebounds and Kobe Bryant
added 27 and six for Los Angeles, which has lost three of the
last four meetings with the Kings. O'Neal and Bryant each went
11-of-19 from the floor, but the rest of the Lakers shot just 29
percent (13-of-45).

"We could never really get in a rhythm tonight," said O'Neal,
who had three fouls after the the second quarter. "They played
well, they're a good team at home. Their bench played very
well, they made a lot of shots. We missed a lot of shots, ones
we don't usually miss."

The 27 points were a season high for Bryant, who was playing his
fifth game after missing all of November with a broken bone in
his right hand.

The Kings went ahead for good, 23-22, when Stojakovic made a
jumper from the left sideline with 9:46 left in the second
period. Sacramento followed with eight straight points, taking
a 31-22 lead when Stojakovic hit a 16-footer with just under
seven minutes to go.

The Kings took a 49-42 lead into halftime and kept the margin in
between five and 11 points in the third. Sacramento's biggest
lead came at 80-68 when Scot Pollard made two free throws with
9:24 remaining.